I honestly do not have paper copies of my results from my vet

She gives me my results over the phone , if I felt I needed a
paper copy I could always get one I suppose

The fact of the matter is you cannot directly link the problem I and jb are speaking of ,
to rats with any forensic Pathology.

You can how ever test all kinds of things water dishes,
cage interiors etc.. and narrow down the list.

You can make the correlation between 8 years worth of feeds no problems and
then within a three week period several Boas have bad sheds
and behave lethargically

and then test results from fecal samples and Necropsy Pathology
show bacterial problems I listed several of those types above .

So its more of a circumstantial type of evidence

There is no way to prove beyond a doubt that "X" Rat caused "X" problem

Its speculation from all of us

But enough of us have had certain bad experiences related to certain types of rats and in other cases
Rats that come from a specific place.

I firmly believe Boas do not tolerate fat or at least a
certain type Fat well.

That's the speculation that's been made . When Boas are kept
clean cared for properly and a bacterial problem happens
something is wrong.

Believe me if I had slacked on cleaning and something bad happened
the last thing I'd do is come on here and talk about an
issue that could have possibly been my fault.

It would be entirely mis leading and a dis service to other people
to come on a forum and say rats caused my problem when it could've been bad husbandry , which bad husbandry was
definitely not the case

Believe me , I took months going over everything before I said anything about this to anyone.

By opening my mouth I understood just how much was at stake,
that's why so many people keep their mouths shut

If I made a premature declaration and I was wrong about the
answers I would've destroyed my standing in the hobby

If I would have blamed it on my supplier without knowing the facts I could jeopardize his business standing.

In my case I've made it clear it really wasn't his fault , it was the type of rat, Pythons can eat those , Boas can't.


If a rat is not all White or looks too plump I won't use them

Since Aug '08 I have shipped entire rat shipments back when an
employee got the order wrong

I hope I've made myself clear

. . . Lar M

Below is the Link to an in depth post I made elsewhere about my problem
Rabbits vs XXXL Rats....


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